Central government employee? Modi government says it won’t have to work from 9 am to 7 pm – Check details

There are no plans to increase office hours for central government employees.

The central government has denied a report stating that office work hours for central government employees will be increased to 10 hours a day and they will have to work from 9 am to 7 pm in the office. The government’s official fact checker, PIB Fact Check, said today that the statement made in the report is false. The central government has not made any such decision and is also not considering any of those proposals.

The report stated that Central Government Employees must work from 9 am to 7 pm, while Saturdays will be canceled. He had also said that working hours will be increased. Last week, a report falsely claimed that the government was planning to cut allocations like LTA, stop charging, medical expenses, etc. of central government employees. The government has denied having such a plan. “There are no proposed cuts in various grants, including LTC, license fee during LTC or retirement license fee, OTA and medical reimbursement, as admissible under existing orders, already considered or currently contemplated. These payments are will continue to pay according to existing rules, “said the Ministry of Finance

The central government recently suspended the Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief increases for its employees and pensioners. However, employees will continue to earn DA at current rates.

Several false reports are circling amid the national Coronavirus blockade, which the government extended on Friday for two more weeks after May 3. Therefore, it is recommended to take information from authentic sources only.

The wage rules for central government employees follow the recommendations of the 7th Payments Commission.

Aarogya Setu application mandatory

Meanwhile, the Central Government has made the Aarogya Setu app mandatory for all officers, staff (including subcontracted staff) working at Central
Government. In a memo from the office, the Personnel and Training Department dated 20.04.2020 had said that employees “should download the” Aarogyasetu “application to their mobile phones, immediately.”

“Before starting work, they should check their status in” Aarogyasetu “and travel only when the app shows” safe “or” low risk “status, he added.